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Instant Access Dialer & [bleep] Popups

class65f

Posted 19 November 2005 - 10:02 AM

While visiting my sister-in-law I found her son had used her computer several months ago and since then she has been plagued by [bleep] popups. I offered to do what I could to solve this problem.

My initial effort was to install Popup Stopper, which works most of the time. However, the popups still occur, although blocked, and I would like to prevent them all together.

Also, after some review, I discovered the dialer, InstantAccess, was installed. It took considerable effort to delete the InstantAccess files but finally I deleted all of them. The problem now is that whenever I boot I get an error message: The specific module could not be found.” I realize the register or something is calling for this file to load and I would like to eliminate that event too.

I still need to install Zone Alarm for her.

The computer being used is an old Dell Optiplex using Windows 2000 (which is current) and a dial up access. It has a 4 GB HD that is almost full. She will be receiving another used, but better pc in about six months.

I registered with geekstogo and followed the steps recommended. I did not have the resources available to accomplish a complete backup.Under Step 1 for Ad-Aware SE I could not find “Search for low risk threats.”Othewise it worked fine.Under Step 2 I could not get Trend Housecall to work. I also tried Panda Activescan and while I think it ran I cold never find results?